[bnc] British National Corpus
A balanced synchronic text corpus containing 100 million words with morphosyntactic annotation.
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The Word Detective
Online version of Words, Wit and Wisdom, a newspaper column that answers readers' questions about words and language.
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Sayings and Phrases - meanings and origins
The meaning and origin of thousands of English phrases and sayings. ... the meanings and origins of 1,500 English phrases and sayings... 135 phrases coined by ...
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Urban Dictionary: Define Your World
Find definitions for slang terms and submit words for others to see. Includes a slang term of the day, illustrating images, and sound files of how terms are pronounced.
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Free Online Dictionary of Unusual and Weird Words: International House of Logorrhea
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Glossary of linguistic terms
What is accompaniment as a semantic role? What is an account? What is ... What is an ambiguous consonant sequence? What is an ambiguous phonetic transition? ...
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Lexipedia - Where words have meaning
No more thumbing through a dictionary, or fumbling through a single-word search; ... a greeting or reception; "the proposal got a warm welcome" Verbs (3) ...
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VocabGrabber : Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus
VocabGrabber lets you automatically create lists of vocabulary from any text. ... Right click the button below and select "Add to Favorites...
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The Best of British - The American's guide to speaking British...
Fun look at the differences between U.S. English and U.K. English. Written by a Brit who lived in Tossa Lane, Texas.
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Wordorigins.org
Devoted to the etymology of words and phrases, particularly modern phrases such as 'politically correct' and 'all your base are belong to us'.
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Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus. Free access.
Free online dictionary search, offering English, medical, legal, and computer dictionaries as well as a thesaurus, encyclopedia, and literature reference library.
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